In IFR, Natixis’ Patrick Artus examines the possibility of another European crisis in 2017

June 5, 2015

The eurozone is at last enjoying an upturn, explains Artus in IFR. Indeed, economists are savouring the unaccustomed pleasure of revising their growth forecasts up, rather than down, and investors are getting increasingly excited. Yet as policy-makers make a conscious effort to communicate that Europe is finally at a turning point, Artus sees reason to fear that 2017 will be a very bad year for its economy.